Josephine Baker

Personal Info

Birthday

June 3, 1906

Day of Death

1975-04-12

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Freda Josephine McDonald

Joséphine Baker

Josephine Baker

Biography

Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of artificial bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s.

Known For

Princess Tam Tam

Zouzou

Moulin Rouge

The French Way

Siren of the Tropics

Ten on Every Finger

Madness Remixed

Filmography

2021
Madness Remixed
as (archive footage)
Josephine Baker, la fleur au fusil
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Modeles Noirs, Regards Blancs
as Self
2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
Joséphine Baker en couleur
as Herself
2004
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
as Herself (archive footage)
2002
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Herself (archival footage)
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Self (achive footage)
1996
Paris Was a Woman
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
as Self (Archival Footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1954
Ten on Every Finger
as Sängerin
1940
Moulin Rouge
as Princess Tam-Tam
The French Way
as Zazu Clarion
1935
Princess Tam Tam
as Alwina
1934
Zouzou
as Zouzou
1927
Siren of the Tropics
as Papitou
Parisian Pleasures
as Herself